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Teacher Chooses GeoRaces: 10 To 60 Players

What You Should Know Before You Play

The object of the game is for your students to try to be on the team that first gets 50 points by quickly using what they learn about U.S. state capitals, border states of U.S. states, and the rankings of the states (from 1^st to 50^th) in size, statehood and population. The goal of this game is to -- as fast as your students can -- find winning groups of cards among those they were dealt. Make no mistake about it – THIS IS A RACE. And the team to find winning groups of cards the fastest will win.

Play one round at a time until one team gets 50 points (or the class period ends, in which case the team with the most points at the end of class wins). The teacher should decide how many teams to have, but in no event should there be more than 6 teams (and if the teacher wants to have more than 3 teams, you’ll need to use 2 GeoPlunge decks). Teammates should sit or stand next to each other and can talk to each other. Use only the GeoPlunge cards and shuffle the deck after each round.

How to Play and Keeping Score

To start each round, the teacher chooses whether for that round the students will follow all of the rules for playing and scoring of

Class Capital GeoRaces, OR
Class Border GeoRaces, OR
Class Rank GeoRaces.

Skill Level: Easy

What You'll Learn: State Capitals, Border States, State Rankings

Teacher Chooses GeoRaces is one of over 60 geography games you can play with GeoPlunge cards!